California  Game 

“MARKED  DOWN” 


SCENIC  MOUNTAIN  WOODLAND  COVERTS,  AND 
TIDE-MARSH  RESORTS  FOR  GAME. 

LAKES  AND  STREAMS 
FOR  TROUT, 

AND  THE  GENEROUS  PACIFIC  FOR  ALL  DESIRABLE  MARINE 
CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  SPORTING  LIFE. 


ILLUSTRATED. 


PASSENGER  DEPARTMENT 


SOUTHERN  PACIFIC  COMPANY 

No.  4 Montgomery  Street 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

1896 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1896, 
by  the 

southern  Pacific  company, 

in  the  off ce  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress, 
at  Washington,  D.  C. 


JUL27  1951  K-  JOHNSON 


n^.24 

So^C  NATURAL 
HISTORY 


INTRODUCTION. 

One  of  the  writer’s  earliest  sporting  memories  relates  him  to  following 
at  heel  of  a genuine  huntsman  and  proudly  bearing  the  captives  of  his  gun. 
This  was  in  the  wilds  of  Southern  Michigan,  antedating  the  sorrowful 
deportation  of  the  Pottawattamies  to  the  farther  west,  and  when  it  was 
everywhere  daily  marked  by  moccasinedfeet.  The  mentor  had  no  dog,  and 
the  agreeable  duty  that  fell  to  the  pupil  was  that  of  retriever.  Of  neces- 
sity it  would  be  a “ still  hunt,”  and  the  boy’s  impatient  bubbling  happiness 
met  many  a frown  of  repression.  It  was  his  wonder  then,  as  now,  how  the 
skilled  fowler  saw  game  birds,  turkeys,  ruffed-grouse  and  quail  on  their 
feeding-grounds,  and  the  retriever  saw  nothing.  The  leader  would  make  a 
stealthy  forward  movement,  with  noiseless  bough  parting,  and  pause  with 
backward  wave  of  commanding  hand ; then  a step,  and  as  the  flushed  birds 
took  whirring  wing,  one  or  more  would  fall  to  unerring  shot.  Fine  bags 
were  always  made;  one  or  two  turkeys,  an  occasional  mallard,  and  a 
mixed  dozen  or  more  of  prairie  hens,  ruffed-grouse  and  quail,  with  now 
and  again  samples  of  hickory  and  hazel-nut  fattened  black,  gray  and  fox 
squirrels,  hardly  esteemed  game,  but  royal  on  the  broiler. 

The  apprenticeship  was  likely  to  be  short,  in  fact  was  so ; and 
thereafter  for  a time  no  better  schooling  was  attainable  than  that  of 
threading  the  silent  cloisters  of  Nature,  every  faculty  of  soul  and  body 
under  tutelage,  the  heart  not  infrequently  holding  the  hand  from  slaughter 
for  pure  love  of  the  noble  victim,  and  sympathy  with  its  small  affairs. 
Uncle  Toby’s  lesson  had  not  been  lost,  “ Pursue  your  way;  surely  this 
woodland  world  is  broad  enough  for  both  of  us.”  And  then,  half 
wearied  by  traverse  of  fern  and  leaf-cushioned  hill  and  dale,  the  con- 
venient stream  would  be  sought,  rod  improvised  from  thicket  of  witch- 
hazel,  and  safely  pocket-kept  hook  and  line  brought  into  communication 
with  it.  For  bait  a small  batrachian  caught  in  the  near-by  dank  meadow- 
land.  A shrewd  cast  would  be  made  into  an  eddy  of  the  swirling 
current,  and  like  a flash  the  tautening  line  reveals  the  peril  of  piscine 
hunger ; a brief  contest  for  supremacy,  and  a five-pound  bass  or  a ten- 
pound  pickerel  is  landed  on  the  mossy  bank.  The  while  an  envious 
king-fisher,  with  sharp  scream  of  disapproval,  springs  in  uncertain  flight 
from  an  over-stream  decaying  limb,  and  a song  thrush  clad  in  sober 

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POTTAWATTAMIE  CHIEF. 


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POTTAWATTAMIE  MOTHER  AND  CHI^D.  Taber  Photo. 

Then  follows  the  leisurely  way  to  rustic  home,  and  breaking  a fast  that 
for  hours  had  been  masked  by  an  absorbing  ethereal  banquet. 

Does  the  reader  exclaim,  “ O that  may  pass  for  a fancy  sketch,  but  it 

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brown  with  mottled  breast,  on  topmost  perch  of  some  tall  hickory,  re* 
hearses  a sylvan  opera,  combining  earth’s  best  notes  with  dreams  of  heaven. 


does  not  fit  Pacific  Coast  conditions?  We  have  none  of  your  brown- 
coated  or  be-mottle-vested  song-thrushes  to  trill  us  their  operatic  com- 
binations, nor  if  we  had  them  could  we  furnish  forth  a tall  hickory  for 
musical  perch.  And  where  are  your  noble  redmen,  and  your  cloistered 
forests,  your  turkeys  and  your  ruffed-grouse?  Nowhere— a memory  of 


WII^D  TURKEY. 

Melecigris  G allop avo. 


another  generation  and  another  land  only,  not  to  say  fiction , since  that 
word  had  best  be  reserved  until  we  come  to  the  scaling  of  your  fish.” 

Ah,  my  friend,  you  and  the  sportsman  are  not  cast  in  the  same  mold, 
are  hardly  of  the  same  world.  To  his  sensitive  and  appreciative  sight 
a thousand  beauties  are  revealed  unseen  of  others.  His  ear  is  attuned 
to  harmonies— only  for  those  born  while  ‘‘the  morning  stars  are  singing 
together  for  joy.” 


The  purpose  of  this  paper  however  is  not  for  reminiscence,  but  to  furnish 
the  sportsman  with  reliable  data  in  regard  to  each  separate  game  and  fishing 
resort  named,  that  he  may  know  in  advance  what  to  expect,  and  within 
reason  to  meet  no  disappointment.  For  the  most  part  the  writer  has  per- 
sonal knowledge,  but  this  has  beeen  carefully  supplemented  and  extended 
by  valuable  information  obtained  from  editors,  sportsmen,  scientists  and 
official  State  papers,  and  the  reader  if  he  so  desires  can  duplicate  any 
achievement  herein  suggested. 


E.  W.  Currier,  Pinxit. 


CONTRASTS  BETWEEN  ATLANTIC  AND  PACIFIC 
COAST  FIELDS  OF  SPORT. 


In  the  Eastern  and  Middle  States  there  has  been  for  years  a grow- 
ing complaint  of  game  exhaustion.  As  to  fish,  large  sums  were  freely 
devoted  to  artificial  propagation  and  restocking  depleted  waters,  with 
a resulting  halt  in  their  impoverishment.  This  movement  was  also 
aided  by  legislation,  narrowing  the  open  seasons  and  greatly  reducing 
the  time  for  sporting  enjoyment.  Touching  this  phase  of  the  subject,  and 


BOB  WHITE  QUAIE. 

Colinus  Virgmianus  and  Perdix  Virginianus. 

also  the  Pacific  Coast  contrast  to  it,  no  apology  need  be  offered  for  a 
quotation  from  the  facile  pen  of  Doctor  David  Starr  Jordan,  President  of 
Leland  Stanford  Jr.  University:  “ Everywhere  on  the  Pacific  Slope,  in 
every  clear  stream  of  the  Cascade,  the  Sierra  Nevada,  the  Coast  Range, 
Rocky  Mountains,  and  all  their  flanking  ranges,  some  variety  of  trout 
abounds.  This  region  should  be  the  Mecca  of  anglers,  as  it  is  of  all 
lovers  of  the  beautiful  and  the  sublime  of  nature.” 

In  the  East  the  trout  or  charr  has  almost  passed  away.  The  trout 
hog  has  devoured  him,  and  the  angler  is  turning  his  hand  unwillingly  to 

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black  bass  and  tarpon,  as  the  successor  of  Izaak  Walton  fills  his  basket 
with  gudgeon  and  chub.  Says  Myron  W.  Reed,  a veteran  angler : 
“ This  is  the  last  generation  of  trout  fishers.  The  children  will  not  be  able 
to  find  any.  Already  there  are  well-trodden  paths  by  every  stream  in 
Maine,  in  New  York,  and  in  Michigan.  I know  of  but  one  river  in  North 
America  by  the  side  of  which  you  will  find  no  paper  collar  or  other 
evidence  of  civilization.  It  is  the  Nameless  River.  Not  that  trout  will 


RUFFED  GROUSE.  PRAIRIE  HEN. 

Bonasia  Umbellus.  Tetrao  Cupido. 


cease  to  be.  They  will  be  hatched  by  machinery  and  raised  in  ponds, 
and  fattened  on  chopped  liver  and  grow  flabby  and  lose  their  spots. 
The  trout  of  the  restaurant  will  not  cease  to  be.  He  is  no  more  like  the 
trout  of  the  wild  river  than  the  fat  and  songless  reed  bird  is  like  the  bobo- 

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link.  Gross  feeding  and  easy  pond-life  enervate  and  deprave  him.  The 
trout  that  the  children  will  know  only  by  legend  is  the  gold-sprinkled 
living  arrow  of  the  white  water,  able  to  zigzag  up  the  cataract,  able  to 
loiter  in  the  rapids,  whose  dainty  meat  is  the  glancing  butterfly.’ ’ 

President  Jordan  then  adds:  “But  on  the  Pacific  Slope  the  rivers 
are  still  many  and  the  anglers  few.  The  4 trout-hog  ’ is  with  us,  but 
Mother  Nature  is  too  much  for  him.  For  a hundred  generations  she  will 
be  strong  enough  to  make  good  whatever  mischief  he  may  do.  In 
writing  of  the  trout  of  California,  one  does  not  willingly  lay  down  the  pen 
at  the  end.  The  most  beautiful  of  fishes,  the  most  charming  of  lands, 
where  the  two  are  connected  one  wishes  to  say  something  better  of  them 
than  has  yet  been  said.  It  is  with  regret  he  lets  fall  the  pen  in  a confession  of 
inability  to  say  it.”  It  is  no  exaggeration  to  claim  that  California  has 
thousands  of  streams  the  banks  of  which  have  never  received  the  impress 
of  human  foot.  There  are  unsurveyed  regions  known  to  contain  such,  and 
Mr.  Reed’s  Nameless  River  may  well  be  there. 

The  California  State  Board  of  Fish  Commissioners  in  its  thirteenth 
biennial  report,  page  20,  says:  “ Tributary  to  Russian  River  there  are  upward 
of  fifteen  hundred  miles  of  trout  water  ” It  should  be  said  to  the  non-resident 
reader,  that  in  comparison  with  other  waters  in  the  State  this  Russian 
River,  with  its  fifteen  hundred  miles  of  trout  water,  cuts  no  large  figure. 
If  withdrawn  it  would  not  be  missed  from  our  fluviatile  system.  The  trout 
waters  of  California  are  never  likely  to  sing  small.  We  turn  from 
consideration  of  the  inland  fresh  to  the  saline  waters  of  the  Pacific.  Cali- 
fornia’s extended  coast  line,  its  outlying  islands,  numerous  bays,  channels 
and  estuaries  combine  to  produce  unrivaled  sea-fishing.  Most  surprising 
catches  may  be  made  in  these  waters  almost  anywhere.  When  a day’s 
trolling  on  the  quiet  Bay  of  Monterey,  not  two  miles  distant  from  the  beach, 
yields  a catch  of  eighteen  salmon  of  a combined  weight  of  286  pounds,  it 
may  be  feared  that  sport  merges  into  commerce. 

Attractions  for  the  gun  are  in  no  respect  inferior  to  those  for  rod  and 
line.  In  the  mountain  fastnesses  bear  may  be  easily  found— grizzly  and 
black,  and  his  congeners  the  brown  and  cinnamon — deer  in  the  foothills, 
and  quail  everywhere ; snipe  are  very  abundant,  and  in  the  season  wild 
geese  in  millions  that  imperil  the  fields  of  growing  cereals,  with  ducks 
in  large  variety,  including  mallard,  canvasback,  teal,  etc.,  that  give 
bags  of  half  a hundred  and  more  to  a day’s  shooting.  Chinese  pheasants 

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have  been  imported  in  considerable  numbers  and  assigned  to  the  care  of 
suitable  persons  while  propagating  stock  to  be  set  free.  They  are  now  strictly 
protected  by  law,  but  in  due  time  will  be  added  to  the  list  of  game  birds. 
Non-resident  sportsmen  should  know  that  with  very  rare  exceptions,  no 
annoyance  is  suffered  from  mosquitoes  or  other  insect  pests.  The  excep- 
tions are  confined  to  certain  salt  marshlands,  and  in  those  it  is  limited  to 
shady  places  and  night-time,  against  which  it  is  easy  to  guard. 


CALIFORNIA  MOUNTAIN  QUAIL.  CALIFORNIA  VALLEY  QUAIL. 
Oreortyx  Piet  us . Laphortyx  Californica. 

CALAVERAS  AND  TUOLUMNE. 


Rare  sport  awaits  the  gun  along  the  line  of  Milton-Yosemite  stage 
road,  beginning  at  Copperopolis  and  extending  to  and  beyond  Big  Oak 
Flat.  The  distance  by  rail  of  Southern  Pacific  Company  from  San 

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Francisco  to  Milton  is  133  miles,  and  a daily  stage  runs  in  close  connec- 
tion. The  country  is  an  ideal  one  for  fowling,  pleasantly  rolling,  with  a 
gradual  rise  in  elevation,  an  open  woodland  of  oak,  pine,  laurel  and 
buckeye,  with  suitable  growth  of  underbrush  for  covert  The  atmosphere 
is  invigorating  and  the  scenery  most  satisfying  to  aesthetic  tastes.  Out 
of  Milton  the  first  change  of  team  is  at  Copperopolis,  and  soon  after 
leaving  this  latter  place  game  will  be  seen  along  the  roadside.  Choice 
can  be  made  between  livery  or  the  stage.  The  charge  in  neither 
case  will  be  an  unreasonable  one,  but  the  stage  will  be  found  well 


suited  to  the  purpose  of  covering  the  country,  since  satisfactory  arrange- 
ments can  be  made  to  stop  over  at  pleasure  and  resume  the  trip  on  a sub- 
sequent day.  Attractive  farm-houses  are  easily  found  for  temporary  enter- 
tainment, and  the  people  are  given  to  hospitality.  The  Stanislaus  and 
Tuolumne  Rivers  will  be  crossed  and  many  old-time  Placer  mining  camps 
visited  ; now  and  again  men  found  yet  at  work,  with  more  or  less  profit, 
washing  auriferous  gravel. 

At  all  points  in  great  numbers  game  awaits  your  coming — quail, 
doves,  and  squirrels,  occasionally  a wild  pigeon.  After  crossing  historic 

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Moccasin  Bar,  Rattlesnake  Hill  must  be  surmounted,  but  Priest’s  fa- 
mous hotel  is  at  the  summit,  and  its  promise  of  good  cheer  will  sus- 
tain the  climb.  Here  and  beyond  quail  are  everywhere  in  evidence. 
If  with  its  balsamic  mountain  air,  inspiriting  scenery  and  abundant 
game  the  trip  grows  in  satisfaction,  as  it  is  likely  to  do,  and  you  go 
beyond  Big  Oak  Flat  to  Crockers,  you  will  find  a cultivated  home  with 
all  the  accessories  of  refined  life,  and  near-at-hand  unfished  trout  streams 
to  be  added  to  your  gunning  enjoyments.  No  sportsman  could  regret  a full 
week’s  outing  on  these  lines,  and  Yosemite  is  only  half  a day’s  distance 
from  Crocker’s,  with  intervening  grove  of  Sequoia  giganteas  for  your 
admiration  and  tape-line. 


BLACK  BELLIED  CLAPPER  VIRGINIA  KING  KILDEER 

PLOVER.  RAIL.  RAIL.  RAIL.  PLOVER. 

Charadrius  Squat arola.  R alius  Virginianus.  ALgialitis  Vociferus. 

Rallus  Obsoletus.  Rallus  Elegans. 


NAPA  COUNTY. 


THOMPSON’S,  ST.  HELENA  -AND  CALISTOGA. 


Thompson’s,  at  foot  of  Napa  Valley,  by  Southern  Pacific  Company’s 
rail  forty-two  miles  from  San  Francisco,  lies  near  the  mouth  of  Napa 

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River,  and  affords  marshes  and  feeding-grounds  for  water  fowl  as  well  as 
for  snipe,  rail  and  larks,  with  quail  on  the  nearby  uplands.  The 
river  contains  Steel-head,  Rainbow  and  Eastern  Brook  trout,  Striped 
bass  and  many  other  desirable  fish.  When  the  upward  valley  trip  is 
resumed  profitable  stops  may  be  made  at  Yountville,  St.  Helena  and  at 
Maple,  from  each  of  which  points,  as  at  Calistoga,  excursions  to  the  hills 
will  be  rewarded  by  reasonable  bags.  From  Calistoga,  going  still  farther 
into  the  hills,  deer  will  be  found  and  good  trout  streams  reached.  No- 
where will  there  be  any  lack  of  suitable  farm-house  entertainment. 

Napa  Valley  is  wooded,  like  an  English  park,  in  magnificent  oaks, 
certain  of  them,  quercus  lobata,  with  drooping,  far-reaching  limbs,  and  the 
river  borders  and  hillsides  with  madrona,  laurel,  buckeye  and  pine. 


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EL  DORADO  COUNTY. 


Placerville,  the  terminal  of  Southern  Pacific  Company’s  line,  is  sixty 
miles  distant  from  Sacramento.  Beginning  at  Folsom  and  extending  to 
the  terminus,  a distance  of  thirty-eight  miles,  small  game  is  everywhere 
abundant.  As  the  railway  train  covers  the  line  quail,  doves,  larks  and 
squirrels  are  to  be  seen  in  all  favorable  places.  Good  sport  can  be  had  by 
stops  at  Latrobe,  Shingle  Springs,  El  Dorado  or  Diamond.  Private 
grounds  are  not  open  except  upon  permission  of  the  owner,  but  usually 
this  can  be  obtained  on  proper  application.  There  is  no  lack  of  unoccupied 
and  public  grounds,  and  sport  is  by  no  means  at  the  mercy  of  churls. 


DUSKY  GROUSE. 

Dendragapus  Obscurus. 


Fine  large  bags  are  easily  made.  Out  of  Placerville  into  the  foothills, 
deer  are  plentiful,  and  a more  extended  excursion  into  the  mountains  will 
add  bear  to  your  trophies.  Trout  streams  well  stocked  are  also  found 
with  the  bear  and  deer.  The  foothills  are  covered  by  a growth  of  under- 
brush with  oaks,  pines,  laurel  and  buckeye.  The  mountains  are  heavily 
forested  in  sugar,  yellow  and  white  pine,  and  a great  variety  of  cypresses, 
cedars,  spruce  and  hemlocks.  Any  reasonable  wish  for  sport  with  either 
rod  or  gun  can  be  had  by  a visit  of  a week  or  two  in  famed  El  Dorado. 

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Cervus  Virginiamts. 


SPRUCE  GROUSE. 

Tetrao  Canadensis . 


PLACER  AND  NEVADA  COUNTIES. 

Roseville  Junction  is  eighteen  miles  from  Sacramento  by  rail  on  the 
line  of  Southern  Pacific,  looking  toward  the  summit  of  the  Sierra  Nevada. 
At  any  point  beyond  this  for  eighty  miles  and  until  Cisco  is  reached,  good 
sport  can  be  had  with  grouse,  quail,  doves,  pigeons,  larks  and  squirrels. 
The  country  is  romantic  and  very  inspiring,  full  of  legends  of  ’49  and 
pioneer  achievements.  Much  of  it  is  battle-scarred  in  record  of  old-time 
mining  struggles,  in  which  the  river  and  the  mountain  alike  had  to  sur- 
render their  hoarded  gold.  It  is  for  game,  well  covered  by  protecting 
undergrowth  and  sparingly  timbered  with  oak,  pine  and  the  usual  small 
arboreal  features  of  the  foothills. 


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Pleasant  stops  for  a day  or  two  can  be  made  at  Newcastle,  Auburn, 
Clipper  Gap,  Colfax,  Dutch  Flat  and  many  other  places.  Bear  and  deer 
are  easily  found  at  points  remote  from  the  railway,  or  other  frequented 
lines  of  travel,  and  trout  streams  that  will  furnish  good  sport  to  rod  and 
line.  Satisfactory  entertainment  and  reasonable  rates  will  be  every- 
where met. 


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MOUTHS  OF  SACRAMENTO  AND  SAN  JOAQUIN. 

Extensive  tule  and  marsh  lands  border  the  estuaries  of  these  rivers, 
and  are  fine  feeding-grounds  for  web-feet  and  waders.  The  initial  point 
is  Antioch,  by  Southern  Pacific  Company’s  rail  fifty-five  miles  from  San 
Francisco.  This  resort  extends  upwards  northerly  for  a distance  of 
thirty  miles  or  more,  and  can  be  reached  at  different  points,  very  con- 
veniently from  Brentwood,  Byron,  Bethany  and  Tracy.  Upon  occasion 
immense  flocks  of  wild  geese,  “ honkers,”  brant,  and  white,  offer  fine 


WHITE-FRONTED  GOOSK.  GREATER  SNOW  GOOSE. 

Anser  Albifrons . Chen  Hyperborea. 


sport,  and  at  all  suitable  seasons  mallard,  teal,  widgeon,  canvasback, 
snipe  and  rail  may  be  brought  to  bag,  with  swan  and  cranes.  Good 
sport  also  awaits  the  angler  in  salmon,  striped  bass  and  other  bait  or 
fly-takers.  Pleasant  quarters  and  reasonable  rates  may  be  had  at  any  of 
the  railway  stations  named,  and  as  well  in  many  inviting  farm  houses. 

The  uplands  are  wooded  in  royal,  live  and  burr  oaks,  with  willow 

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RED-HEAD  DUCK.  CANVAS-BACK  DUCK. 

Aythya  Americana.  Aythya  Valisnena. 

KERN  COUNTY. 

Bakersfield,  its  most  important  and  central  city,  is  314  miles  from  San 
Francisco  by  rail  of  Southern  Pacific  Company.  As  an  all-round  sporting 
field  Kern  county  is  perhaps  well  in  the  front  as  leader  of  the  world. 
It  covers  an  immense  area  of  mountain  and  valley,  takes  a broad  cantle  out 
of  the  Sierra  Nevada,  with  acre  for  acre  of  matching  valley  of  San  Joaquin. 

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and  other  moisture  loving  trees  and  shrubs  along  the  margins  of  small 
water-courses.  This  extensive  district,  so  prolific  in  water  fowl,  has  an 
added  value  in  nearness  to  San  Francisco  and  ease  of  access,  the  cost 
insignificant  and  time  less  than  three  hours. 


GRIZZLY  BEAR. 

Ursus  Ferox. 


The  mountain  district  furnishes  ideal  haunts  for  bear— grizzly  and  black, 
brown  and  cinnamon,  with  California  lions  and  other  feline  beasts  of 
prey,  not  to  mention  wolves  and  coyotes.  Deer  are  very  abundant. 
The  mountain  and  foothill  streams,  an  endless  list  of  them  named,  and 
others  yet  to  be  explored  and  given  a place  on  the  map,  literally  swarm 
with  trout.  One  of  these,  Whitney  Creek,  has  recently  added  that 

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expression  of  highest  piscine  beauty,  Golden  Trout,  salmo  mykiss  aqua 
bonita , to  the  royal  family. 

The  valley  is  traversed  by  Kern  River  and  by  numerous  other  less 
important  natural  streams  of  living  water,  and  by  an  endless  network  of 
artificial  conduits,  canals  and  laterals.  In  addition  to  these  are  severa 
large  lakes  and  reservoirs;  one  of  them,  called  Buena  Vista,  is  an  im 
mense  natural  basin  that  has  been  artificially  assisted  to  a water  capac- 
ity of  higher  level.  The  foothills  are  sparsely  wooded  with  oaks  (white 


CALIFORNIA  LION.  Taber  Photo. 

Felis  Californica. 

and  live),  pines,  laurel,  buckeye  and  madrona,  with  underbrush  not  usu- 
ally so  dense  as  to  impede  travel.  The  higher  mountains  are  clad  in  heavy 
forests  of  coniferous  giants  ; the  valleys  by  indigenous  white  and  live 
oaks  in  open  park-like  distribution,  and  the  streams  bordered  by  pop- 
lars and  wiilows.  Much  of  the  valley  covered  by  artemisia  offering 
shelter  to  small  game.  Everywhere,  in  foothills  and  valley,  quail  are 
abundant,  and  this  is  also  true  of  doves  and  larks.  Very  small  gunning 
craft  is  needed  to  well  filled  bags. 

For  water  fowl  the  favorite  resort  is  Buena  Vista  Reservoir,  before 

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noted.  It  lies  about  forty  miles  southwest  of  Bakersfield  and  covers  an 
area  of  more  than  twenty-five  thousand  acres ; is  surrounded  by  oak, 
woodland  and  other  trees  and  shrubs,  and  in  places,  by  marsh  and  low- 
lying  lands.  This  lake  teems  with  every  variety  of  water  fowl.  Wild 
geese  whiten  the  land  and  water  and  darken  the  sky.  Of  the  genus  anser 
none  are  wanting — “honkers,”  brant,  and  the  white  and  the  grey,  all, 
in  intermingled  confusion,  ready  to  fall  at  either  skilled  or  unskilled  shot 
— swans,  pelicans,  cranes,  canvasbacks,  mallards,  teal,  widgeon,  pintail, 
snipe,  plover,  and  rail,  not  one  of  them  but  will  respond  to  call  of  roll. 


WIDGEON. 

Mareca  Americana. 


The  market  hunter  is  in  evidence,  and  also  his  murderous  gun  of 
unlawful  bore ; but  Nature,  with  the  Arctic  circle  for  breeding-ground,  is 
and  will  continue  to  be  more  than  equal  to  his  greed.  He  slaughters 
thousands,  but  unslaughtered  millions  wag  their  heads  at  him.  In  con- 
venient shelter  on  the  banks  remains  the  last  certainly  known  herd  of  elk 
in  California.  The  same  shelter  also  gives  safe  retreat  to  a band  of 
antelope.  Both  of  these  are  strictly  protected  by  law,  with  a fine  of  $300 
for  killing.  Sportsmen  will  enjoy  the  sight  of  these  noble  and  beautiful 
animals,  and  will  not  only  respect  the  law  themselves  but  enforce 
it  against  any  who  do  not. 


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The  waters  swarm  with  fish,  trout,  perch,  carp,  white  fish  and  cat- 
fish, and  many  others  are  to  be  had.  In  short  throughout  the  county 
everywhere  that  water  flows  or  finds  a lodgment  fish  have  followed  and 
established  homelife.  A most  enjoyable  week  or  more  can  be  spent  at 
Buena  Vista  Lake.  It  is  an  ideal  place  for  camping  ; but  if  one  so  desires 
good-cheer  can  be  had  in  farm  houses,  or  by  permits  obtainable  at  the  head 
offices  in  Bakersfield,  still  better  quarters  in  one  of  the  Miller  & Lux  or 
Kern  County  Land  and  Water  Company’s  stations  near  the  lake. 

WHITNEY  CREEK— Visits  to  the  habitat  of  Golden  Trout  can  be 
made  from  two  initial  points  ; the  water  that  has  created  so  royal  a fish 
flowing  southerly  from  an  ancient  volcanic  point  near  Mount  Whitney  has 
cut  its  channel  deeply  into  a red  or  orange  colored  bed  of  lava,  and  the  mar- 


DOIyl/V  VARDKN  TROUT. 

Salvelinus  Malma. 


velous  colorings  of  the  fish  are  in  accord  with  Nature’s  constant  efforts  to 
protect  her  children.  Each  of  the  two  approaches  to  Mount  Whitney,  after 
leaving  the  cars  of  Southern  Pacific  Company,  require  one  day  of  staging  to 
be  followed  by  two  days  with  pack  train,  and  the  trip  by  either  of  them 
as  a romantic  mountain  outing,  can  only  be  matched  by  the  other.  From 
the  extreme  south  you  leave  the  cars  of  the  railway  at  Caliente,  336 
miles  from  San  Francisco,  taking  the  stage  every  alternate  week-day 
morning,  and  reaching  Weldon  at  the  end  of  a pleasant  nine  hours’  drive, 
during  which  many  fine  scenes  will  be  enjoyed,  and  shots  by  the  way  to 
fill  a game  bag  for  dinner. 


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Reasonable  entertainment  awaits  at  Weldon,  with  saddle,  pack  ani- 
mals and  guide  for  the  trail  to  Whitney  Creek.  Out  from  Weldon  you 
will  reach  the  down-flowing  waters  from  the  snows  and  glaciers  of  Mt. 
Whitney— finally  to  end  their  romantic  life  in  the  prosaic  work  of  valley 
irrigation.  These  will  mark  your  upward  way  and  at  all  points  reveal 
“ The  lightly-jumpin’  glowrin’  trouts, 

That  thro’  the  waters  play,” 

eager  for  leap  at  the  glancing  butterfly,  that  shall  be  commissary  to 
your  creel.  The  camp  for  the  first  night  should  be  near  the  point  of  inter- 
section with  the  trail  that  comes  in  from  Visalia  via  Mineral  King. 

VISALIA— MINERAL  KING  TRAIL— This  routing  for  Whitney  Creek 
is  more  traveled  than  the  one  by  Caliente  and  Weldon.  The  railway 
of  Southern  Pacific  Company  may  be  taken  to  Visalia,  or  better  still 
as  saving  ten  miles  of  staging,  to  Exeter,  259  miles  from  San  Francisco, 
on  the  line  from  Fresno  to  Porterville,  and  by  prearrangement  take 
stage  at  this  station  for  Mineral  King.  The  pack  train  and  commis- 
siry  should  be  engaged  in  advance,  to  be  in  waiting  at  Mineral  King. 
The  staging  distance  from  Visalia  is  sixty-five  miles,  with  ten  less  if 
taken  at  Exeter. 

At  Mineral  King,  after  a restful  night,  the  pack  train  will  get  in 
motion  for  your  anglers’  Mecca,  to  be  achieved  at  the  close  of  two  most 
enjoyable  days.  Fine  trout  water — streams  and  lakes — are  always  under 
observation,  and  while  the  guide  is  making  your  camp  and  starting  the 
fires,  fish  can  be  secured  for  the  feast.  It  will  not  be  difficult  to  find 
Golden  Trout  water  that  is  virgin,  but  more  so  to  obtain  one’s  consent 
to  any  early  return  to  prosaic  life  on  the  plains.  Lovers  of  gamy  trout — 
the  veteran  angler,  Reverend  Myron  W.  Reed,  whose  skill  with  rod  and 
line  is  surpassed  only  by  that  of  his  pen,  should  come  here  for  a new 
sensation,  and  see  his  “ gold-sprinkled  living  arrows”  in  the  pure 
mountain  waters  that  gave  them  birth,  and  see  that  this  most  refining 
sport  is  not  dead — is  not  decadent  even.  An  official  of  Tulare  County, 
also  a member  of  its  Fish  and  Game  Club,  writes  of  a visit  by 
him  and  others  as  follows:  “ Golden  Trout  are  plentiful  in  Whitney 
Creek.  My  little  twelve-year-old  boy  caught  125  in  one  day,  on  the 
twenty-fourth  of  August,  1895,  with  a fly-hook,  using  no  bait.” 


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MERCED  COUNTY. 


Merced  City,  its  county  seat  and  principal  town,  is  152  miles  by  rail 
of  Southern  Pacific  Company  from  San  Francisco.  Contiguous  to  it  are 
San  Joaquin,  Merced  and  Bear  rivers  and  other  streams,  together  with 
large  reservoirs  and  irrigating  canals  and  laterals.  There  is  considerable 
acreage  of  low-lying  land  occasionally  overflowed  by  superabundant  irri- 
gation. These  conditions  combine  to  form  attractions  for  water  fowl, 
so  much  so  that  upon  occasion  market  hunters  find  shooting  over  it  to 


WOOD  DUCK. 

Aix  Sponsa. 


be  profitable.  Fine  bags  of  geese  and  ducks  are  easily  made,  with 
snipe  and  rail.  Quail  can  also  be  obtained  in  the  foothills  and  contig- 
uous valley  lands.  Doves,  larks  and  squirrels  are  plentiful,  and  deer 
by  no  means  wanting.  The  foothill  streams,  including  the  Merced  and 
its  tributaries  and  branches,  are  well  stocked  with  trout  and  the  San 
Joaquin  with  trout,  salmon,  striped  bass  and  catfish. 

Reliance  can  be  safely  made  on  farm-house  entertainment,  but  the 

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most  approved  method  is  to  engage  a man  for  guide  and  campkeeper, 
with  his  team.  This  will  cost  about  five  dollars  per  day,  added  to 
which  will  be  the  board  of  the  man  and  his  horses. 

Unless  one  has  local  knowledge  it  will  be  cheap  insurance  against 
doubts  as  to  locations  and  possible  failure  of  sport,  not  to  mention  the 


PIN-TAII,  DUCK. 

Dafila  Caudacuta. 


embarrassment  of  specially  heavy  game  bags,  when  all  one’s  activity  is 
needed  to  cope  with  birds  neither  dead  or  disposed  to  be  so.  Merced  is 
easy  of  access  by  rail,  reasonable  sport  can  be  had  with  certainty,  and  a 
probability  of  something  more. 


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TULARE  COUNTY. 

This  county  as  to  its  fauna  is  in  close  harmony  with  the  adjoining 
county  of  Kern.  It  has  similar  high  Sierra  Mountain  lands,  with  gla- 
cier and  snow-fed  trout  streams,  and  its  valley  rivers  and  lakes  and 
irrigation  waters  strikingly  correspond  with  those  of  Kern.  The  flora  is 
identical,  unless  it  should  be  that  Kern  has  no  Sequoia  gigantea,of  which 
forest  monarch  Tulare  has  immense  groves.  Tulare  also  has  some  advan- 
tages in  more  extended  parks  of  burr  and  live-oaks.  Its  mountain  region 


green-winged  teae. 

Anas  Carolinensis. 


is  drained  by  the  Kaweah  and  Kings  rivers.  These  create  a rich  field 
for  sport  with  rod  and  gun.  Bear,  deer  and  animals  of  prey  are  to  be 
found,  and  all  the  usual  game  birds  of  the  Sierra — grouse,  quail,  pigeons, 
doves  and  larks — and  the  streams  richly  stocked  with  gamiest  of  fish,  one 
of  them  the  noted  Kern  River  Trout,  (Salmo  gairdneri gilberti). 

The  line  of  Southern  Pacific  Company — Fresno  to  Porterville — will 
enable  the  sportsman  to  reach  some  suitable  station  from  which  he  can 

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penetrate  his  chosen  field.  These  are  Sanger  Junction,  Essex,  Porter- 
ville and  others.  Essex  lies  between  Visalia  and  the  mountains.  From 
any  of  these  places  good  sport  can  be  had  by  reasonable  pedestrianism, 
with  a return  each  night,  but  if  it  is  desired  to  penetrate  the  mountains, 
to  visit  its  wonderful  Sequoia  parks  and  deep  forest  groves  of  mammoth 
coniferce , and  to  explore  its  canyons  and  waterfalls,  an  organized  party 
should  secure  a competent  guide  with  pack  train,  and  enter  upon  the 
romantic  experience  of  a lifetime.  It  is  well  nigh  certain  you  would  find 
yourself  a pioneer  in  some  favored  place,  with  possibility  of  achieving 
immortality  in  the  discovery  and  naming  of  a new  variety  of  quadru- 


COYOTK. 

Canis  Latrans. 

pad,  biped  or  fish.  Tulare’s  broad  acres  of  valley  cut  across  by  rivers 
and  canals,  with  famed  Tulare  Lake  and  many  overflow  ponds,  make  it 
an  ideal  place  for  game  birds  and  water-fowl.  Quail,  pigeons,  doves, 
larks,  snipe,  plover  and  rail  are  to  be  found  almost  everywhere,  and  on 
the  waters  and  feeding-grounds,  geese  and  ducks  of  all  varieties  known 
to  California.  The  specially  fine  sporting  region  at  and  about  Tulare 
Lake  can  be  conveniently  reached  from  either  Tulare  or  Hanford  stations 
of  Southern  Pacific  Company.  Tulare  is  251  miles  from  San  Francisco 

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FRESNO  COUNTY. 

The  sporting  facilities  of  Fresno  are  in  all  respects  similar  to  those  of 
Kern  and  Tulare,  with  which  latter  county  it  is  in  political  contact.  It 
has  a continuation  of  the  mountain  field  northerly  from  that  of  Tulare, 
and  the  fauna  and  flora  are  identical.  In  the  valley  reasonable  bags  of 
ducks,  snipe,  plover,  doves,  larks  and  quail  can  be  had,  and  trout  in  the 
flowing  waters  ; but  the  best  grounds  and  streams  are  in  the  foothills  and 
mountains.  In  a tract  of  woodland  known  as  Pine  Ridge  (to  be  reached 


from  Fresno)  fine  sport  with  rod  and  gun  can  be  enjoyed.  Quail  are 
specially  abundant,  and  to  these  may  be  added  all  varieties  of  game  birds 
usually  found  in  the  Sierra  foothills.  Deer  are  plentiful,  and  no  better 
sport  need  be  asked  for  than  one  can  enjoy  with  rod  and  line  over  the 
upper  waters  of  Kings  River  and  the  San  Joaquin.  Nothing  but  the 
wide-spread  sporting  attractions  of  California  prevents  these  higher  lands 
of  Fresno  from  becoming  famous. 

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WAWONA 


Is  a favorite  resort  for  hunting  and  fishing,  and  as  well  for  lovers 
of  beautiful  mountain  scenery  and  an  atmosphere  that  is  balm  to  most 
of  the  ills  of  life.  It  is  to  be  pleasantly  reached  by  coaches — famous, 
roomy,  observation  ones,  with  four  to  six  well-trained  equines  at  the  front — 
from  Southern  Pacific  Company’s  Yosemite  branch  line  at  Raymond. 
This  latter  station  is  the  rail  terminus  and  201  miles  from  San  Francisco. 

Wawona  is  the  over-night  stopping-place  for  passengers  en  route  to 
or  from  Yosemite  via  the  Big  Trees.  The  ample  hotel  and  tributary 


RAINBOW  TROUT. 


Salmo  Irideus. 

cottages  are  well  kept,  and  desirable  quarters  for  a few  days  or  for  many 
of  them.  It  stands  on  the  bank  of  the  south  fork  of  the  Merced,  a large 
affluent  of  that  stream,  and  is  surrounded  by  a fine  forest  of  pines. 
These  are  in  great  variety  among  them  the  white,  yellow  and  sugar 
pine,  and  about  two  miles  distant  on  an  elevated  plateau  the  famous 
Big  Tree  Reservation,  its  conservation  and  management  connected  with 
Yosemite  Valley.  This  grove  is  a wonderful  remnant  of  a primeval  sequoia 

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gigantea  forest,  and  in  close  companionship  with  these  giants  are  others 
of  sugar  pine — some  of  them  300  feet  to  the  topmost  cone.  The  entire 
country  about  Wawona  is  richly  wooded  and  watered,  containing  besides 
those  already  mentioned  fine  groves  of  redwoods,  douglas  spruce,  white 
cedar,  pitch  pine,  oaks,  laurels,  buckeye,  manzanita,  madrona,  lilac, 
dogwood,  syringas  and  azaleas.  Such  a forest  mountain  land,  with 
abundant  living  water,  ought  to  offer  sport  to  huntsman  and  angler,  and 
this  one  does  so  in  ample  measure.  It  has  unrivaled  scenic  beauty, 


Cervus  Leucerus. 


woodland  lakes  and  tarns,  bubbling  trout  streams,  inspiring  waterfalls, 
and  everywhere  fish  and  game.  The  extensive  strictly  gun-preserved 
Yosemite  Valley  and  Big  Tree  grove  are  no  doubt  to  some  extent 
feeders,  by  game  overflow,  to  the  surrounding  country,  adding  to  its 
sporting  wealth.  Bear  can  be  found  by  those  desirous  of  such  acquain- 
tance; deer  are  reasonably  plentiful;  quail  abundant,  and  the  same  is 
true  of  wild  pigeons  and  the  smaller  game  birds  and  squirrels,  and  trout 
in  large  variety.  A visit  to  the  nearby  Yosemite  Valley  (half  a day’s 

E 3?  ] 


LAKE  AT  WAWONA. 

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drive)  added  to  a week  or  longer  of  sport  at  Wawona,  would  make  a 
royal  holiday  in  which  the  ladies  of  the  social  circle  might  fitly  join. 

The  climate  is  such  as  can  be  found  only  in  the  resinous,  aromatic 
woodlands  of  the  Sierra  Nevada,  and  the  water  as  pure  as  the  upper- 
terrestrial  heavens,  from  which  it  falls  in  the  form  of  beautiful  snow. 


EASTERN  BROOK  TROUT. 

Salvelinus  Fontuialis. 


A most  successful  fish-hatchery  is  located  near  the  hotel,  and  in  itself  is 
a guarantee  against  any  depletion  of  the  trout  waters.  Thomas  Hill, 
the  well-known  artist  and  angler,  reports  a catch  of  forty  pounds  at  a lake 
a short  distance  from  the  hotel  during  the  early  hours  of  a single  morning. 
One  of  them  weighed  six  pounds. 


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SAN  JOAQUIN  VALLEY— WEST  SIDE. 

Bordering  the  river  and  beginning  at  Newman,  120  miles  by  rail  of 
Southern  Pacific  Company  from  San  Francisco,  and  extending  southward 
to  Mendota  on  the  same  railway  line,  covering  a distance  of  more  than 
fifty  miles,  can  be  found  as  rich  a field  for  water-fowl  shooting  and  for 
marshland  game  as  the  world  need  to  produce.  These  lands  are  trav- 
ersed by  the  west-side  line  of  Southern  Pacific  Company,  and  so  abun- 


MAI.URD. 

Anas  Bose  has. 


dant  are  geese  and  ducks,  they  are  steadily  flushed  by  passing  trains. 
Stops  for  sport  can  be  made  suitably  at  Newman,  Volta,  Los  Banos, 
Dos  Palos,  Firebaugh  or  Mendota,  and  a short  walk  will  reveal 
game  birds  in  satisfactory  numbers.  The  Los  Banos  Game  Club  has 
constructed  a house  for  the  use  of  its  members  at  a siding  between  Los 
Banos  and  Dos  Palos,  at  which  trains  stop  on  request  or  by  signal. 

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During  certain  seasons,  geese  will  be  countless ; mallards,  canvas- 
backs,  teal,  widgeon,  pintail,  snipe,  plover  and  rail  will  fall  to  your 
gun  almost  at  your  pleasure.  The  country  is  a good  one  to  shoot  over, 
some  of  it  covered  by  patches  of  irrigation  overflow,  but  is  not  soft;  and 
sagebrush  can  be  successfully  beaten  for  grouse,  quail  and  other  small 
game  birds. 

Farm  houses  are  easy  of  access  for  entertainment,  and  the  railway 


UPPER  SACRAMENTO  RIVER. 

stations  all  have  good  hotels  at  which  the  charges  are  generally  reason- 
able. Fish  can  be  caught  in  numbers  at  the  San  Joaquin  and  include 
salmon,  steelhead  trout,  striped  bass,  catfish  and  others. 


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KLAMATH  LAKE  AND  WILLIAMSON  RIVER. 


These  remarkable  trout  waters  are  reached  by  a ninety-mile  stage 
drive  from  Ager  on  Southern  Pacific  Company’s  Shasta  Route,  387  miles 
from  San  Francisco.  Anglers  of  more  than  national  reputation  report 
that  they  bear  off  the  world’s  palm.  Men  who  have  lured  trout 
from  all  other  famous  resorts  visit  Williamson  River  for  a new  sensation. 


PTARMIGAN.  Taber  Photo- 

Lagopus. 


The  variety  is  the  Rainbow.  Williamson  drains  the  well-known 
Klamath  marsh,  a low-lying  tract  covering  fifty  square  miles  full  of 
living  springs.  It  flows  southward,  is  joined  by  the  Sprague  from 
the  east,  and  soon  after  their  waters  reach  Upper  Klamath  Lake, 

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which  has  an  area  of  more  than  400  square  miles,  and  in  turn  are 
poured  into  Lower  Klamath  Lake,  and  by  the  river  of  the  same  name 
reach  the  Pacific  Ocean  in  Siskiyou  county.  It  is  an  Indian  reservation 
and  a permit  must  be  had  for  a visit.  For  best  enjoyment  a party  should 
be  organized  with  camp  and  commissary  outfit. 

Mr.  J.  R.  Moore,  a noted  authority  on  angling,  contributes  a most 
interesting  article  to  the  November,  1895,  number  of  the  t American  Angler 


GREY  WOLF. 

Canis  Occident  alls . 

in  which  he  pleasantly  relates  his  experience  during  a two  weeks  visit  to 
these  waters.  The  point  selected  by  him  was  Chilliken’s  Bridge  on  the 
Williamson,  a short  distance  above  the  junction  of  the  Sprague.  The 
arrival  in  the  evening  and  while  the  campkeeper  was  engaged  in 

[ 38  ] 


SALMON  TROUT. 

Salmo  Trutta. 


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arranging  for  their  home  comforts,  Mr.  Moore  took  a light  rod  (jYz  oz.) 
and  went  to  the  stream  to  try  for  a fish  to  grace  the  initial  meal.  He 
adds:  “ I soon  had  seven  in  my  creel,  running  from  % to  pounds  in 
weight,  which  I forthwith  handed  over  to  the  cook.”  The  next  morning 
he  caught  one  that  weighed  io  pounds.  He  only  fished  mornings  and 
evenings,  and  during  his  stay  of  two  weeks  caught  127  fish,  of  a total 
weight  of  271  pounds.  In  these  waters  the  abundance  and  qualities  of 
the  Rainbows,  in  iridescent  glory,  overarch  the  long  list  of  feathered  and 
fur-bearing  game  that  of  itself  would  otherwise  make  it  a sportsman’s 
paradise.  Bear  are  to  be  had,  and  deer  plentiful ; grouse  and  sagehens, 
quail,  snipe,  plover,  geese  and  ducks  to  be  bagged  at  the  pleasure  of  the 
sportsman.  Nothing  outside  the  man  himself  can  be  wanting  to 
supreme  happiness. 


TRUCKED  RIVER. 

TRUCKEE,  TAHOE,  DONNER  AND  INDEPENDENCE. 

Here  is  a right  royal  line  of  sporting  resorts.  Esthetic  tastes  may  be 
fed  and  broadened  by  wonderful,  high  mountain,  river,  lake  and  wood- 
land scenery.  Nowhere  have  Nature’s  scenic  beauties  been  more  lavishly 
spread  out.  For  lack  of  room  some  of  them  are  placed  on  edge ; the 

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lakes  fortunately  are  on  a level,  but  the  streams  for  the  most  part  are 
in  hurried  search  of  such  restfulness. 

Truckee  is  on  the  tumbling,  foaming,  musical  river  from  which  it  takes 
its  name,  and  is  an  important  railway  station  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Com- 
pany, 209  miles  east  of  San  Francisco,  and  14  miles  from  the  summit  of 
the  Sierra  Nevada  on  the  eastward  slope.  It  is  a central  point  for  fine 
hunting  and  fishing  resorts  and  may  wisely  be  made  headquarters  when 
one  desires  to  take  them  all  in.  Excellent  trout  fishing  can  be  had 


MOUNTAIN  GROUSE. 

Tetrao  Calif ornica. 

in  suitable  pools  of  the  river  that  borders  the  town,  and  at  nearby  Donner 
Lake  choice  angling  is  enjoyed,  usually  with  agreeable  company  of  the 
same  craft.  Eastern  Brook  trout  having  been  planted  in  the  lake,  have 
found  a congenial  home  and  developed  a gamy  vigor  that  taxes  the 
expert  angler’s  best  skill.  Rainbow  and  the  famous  Cut-throat  trout 
are  also  freely  taken. 

Independence  Lake  is  a body  of  beautiful  mountain  water  closely 

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framed  about  by  luxuriant  conifers.  It  is  reached  by  a stage  drive  of 
fourteen  miles  from  Boca,  on  Southern  Pacific  Company’s  railway  line 
nine  miles  eastward  of  Truckee.  The  road  is  excellent,  a devious 
winding  ride  through  fragrant  forests.  The  Lake  is  two  and  one- 
half  miles  long  and  three-quarters  of  a mile  wide  with  bold  and 
rocky  shores.  The  waters  have  been  kept  well  stocked,  and  by  enthu- 
siastic sportsmen  are  said  to  be  alive  with  fish.  An  excellent  hotel,  with 
cottages  for  supplemental  use,  is  a feature  of  the  place.  Necessary  boats 
are  in  good  supply,  with  attendants  and  equipments  if  desired.  Usually 
the  fish  are  taken  by  trolling,  but  rod  and  line  are  also  in  much  request ; 
whatever  method  is  chosen  satisfactory  results  are  sure  to  follow.  Almost 
all  varieties  of  trout  will  reach  your  creel,  but  the  principal  are  Cut- 
throat, Dolly  Varden,  Rainbow  and  Eastern  Brook.  Owing  to  its 
fine  sporting  qualities  excellent  provision  for  entertainment,  its  romantic 
situation  and  the  pleasures  of  its  approach,  Independence  Lake  enjoys  a 
rapidly  growing  popularity,  and  is  a prime  favorite  with  the  ladies. 


CUT-THROAT  TROUT — UAKR  TAHOE. 

Salmo  Mykiss. 


LAKE  TAHOE. 

This  is  the  home  of  Cut-throat  trout,  to  which  it  has  given  the 
popular  name  of  Tahoe.  It  is  a noble  body  of  water,  at  an  ele- 
vation of  about  7000  feet ; so  large  it  justifies  steamboat  transit  and 
acknowledges  an  allegiance  divided  between  two  States ; is  of  great 

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depth  and  crystalline  purity,  encompassed  by  forests  of  pine  and  snow* 
clad  mountain  peaks,  and  invites  the  angling  world  to  come  for  entertain- 
ment. Its  prolific  waters  have  an  enviable  reputation.  For  more 
than  thirty  years  they  have  been  the  chief  market  supply  of  San 
Francisco  and  other  important  marts,  with  many  special  shipments  to 


SAGE  COCK  AND  HEN.  Taber  Photo. 

Centrocercus  upkcisiamis. 


Eastern  cities.  It  is  true  these  immense  calls  upon  it  have  served 
to  suggest  assistance  to  Nature.  During  the  season  1894  nearly  one 
million  fry  of  Cut-throat  and  of  Rainbow  were  deposited  in  its  waters  by 
the  Fish  Commissioners  of  California,  with  a settled  purpose  to 
keep  this  necessary  work  in  active  operation  up  to  any  point  needed  in  the 
future.  Tahoe  for  all  time  is  sure  to  remain  the  Mecca  of  anglers  and 

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of  those  who  can  appreciate  the  most  sublime  terrestrial  beauty.  No 
lack  of  royal  sport  has  ever  been  reported  by  the  thousands  who  have 
sought  for  it  here. 

Specially  fine  hotel  accommodations  are  in  large  supply,  and  the 
transits  by  stages  from  Truckee  and  from  Carson  require  but  a short 
time  and  are  full  of  interest.  Ladies  are  always  present,  adding  social 
attractions  to  the  more  robust  ones  of  lake  and  mountain.  The  surpass- 


BARRACUDA. 

Sphyrcena  argentea. 


ing  excellence  of  the  fishing  overshadows  all  other  interests,  but  fine 
sport  may  be  had  with  the  gun.  Sagehens,  grouse,  quail,  ducks,  plover, 
snipe  and  squirrels  are  reasonably  abundant,  and  bear  and  deer  not 
difficult  to  find. 

The  flora  of  Lake  Tahoe  on  its  arborescent  side  is  of  surprising 
wealth.  Here  is  an  abbreviated  list : white,  sugar,  yellow  and  nut  pine, 


MACKEREL. 

Scomber  vulgaris . 


douglas  and  hemlock  spruce,  tamarack  and  laurel,  with  oaks,  maples, 
poplars,  madronas,  buckeyes  and  a great  variety  of  flowering  shrubs. 
To  fish  the  waters  of  Lake  Tahoe,  and  with  dog  and  gun  traverse 
the  resinous  conifer  forests  that  clothe  the  encompassing  mountain  sides, 
would  richly  repay  a transatlantic  and  transcontinental  trip. 

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MONTEREY. 


This  is  the  fashionable  resort  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  of  which  expe- 
rienced travelers  write,  “If  you  can  visit  but  one  place  in  California,  let 
that  one  be  Hotel  del  Monte  at  Monterey.”  It  is  no  part  of  the  purpose 
of  this  paper  to  speak  in  detail  of  caravansaries,  except  in  so  far  as  they 
may  be  tributary  to  the  better  enjoyment  of  sports  by  field,  flood,  and 
stream.  It  is,  however,  simply  impossible  to  say  anything  of 
Monterey  and  its  attractions  without  some  mention  of  the  central  feature 
that  gilds  all  the  rest.  Monterey  is  126  miles  from  San  Francisco  by 


SALMON. 

Salmo  quinnat. 


rail  of  Southern  Pacific  Company,  and  the  distance  covered  in  less  than 
four  hours.  This  historic  town,  around  which  circles  most  of  the  early 
ecclesiastical  and  political  movements  of  California,  rests  on  elevated 
ground  at  the  southern  shoulder  of  the  bay  of  Monterey,  whose  noble 
waters  extend  northwesterly  a distance  of  fifty  miles  to  the  city 
of  Santa  Cruz,  and  from  earliest  recorded  time  have  been  noted  for 
the  abundance,  variety  and  excellence  of  their  fish.  They  teem 
with  salmon  that  have  followed  the  coast  line  southward  from  British 
Columbia  and  Oregon.  Here  they  stop ; none  are  taken  by  anglers  at 
any  point  south  of  Monterey.  This  bay  has  piscine  attractions  that 
seem  irresistible.  The  most  important  of  these,  no  doubt,  is  the 
abundant  fish  food,  drawing  to  it  all  varieties  of  coast-line  and 
deep-sea  fish,  and  to  these,  cetacea  may  be  added.  The  catch  of 

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whales  amounts  to  scores  each  year,  often  witnessed  by  spectators  on 
the  elevated  beach.  In  numbers  and  sporting  value,  salmon  lead  the 
list,  and  are  followed  by  barracuda,  bonito,  cod,  mackerel,  pampino,  rock 
fish,  king-fish,  tunney,  smelt  and  sardines.  Most  of  these,  except  the  tun- 
ney,  which  sometimes  reach  a weight  of  more  than  300  pounds,  are  taken 
by  pole  and  line ; but  some  of  them  are  by  market  fishers  entrapped  in 
nets.  The  best  approved  method  is  by  trolling,  and  the  richest  waters 
are  from  one  to  three  miles  from  shore.  The  character  of  the  bay  is 
notably  pacific,  and  is  nearly  always  smooth  as  the  proverbial  mill- 


STRIPED  BASS. 

Labrax  linneatvs. 


pond.  The  usual  catch  to  a three-hour  troll  for  salmon  would  be 
from  five  to  ten,  aggregating  from  75  to  150  pounds  in  weight,  with 
proportionate  fortune  when  other  gamy  fish  are  sought.  Experienced 
boatmen  with  craft  suitable  for  the  service  and  all  necessary  appliances 
can  be  engaged  on  reasonable  terms.  With  the  gun,  satisfactory  sport 
can  be  had  on  the  marshes  for  water  fowl,  plover,  snipe  and  rail,  and 
elsewhere  for  quail,  pigeons,  doves  and  larks. 

In  the  background  rise  the  noble  Santa  Lucia  mountains,  celebrated 
for  wild  sublimity,  game  and  abundant  trout  water,  including  the  rivers 
Carmel  and  Big  and  Little  Sur.  Deer  are  to  be  had  and  in  unfre- 
quented places  bear  are  not  only  common,  but  very  plentiful.  The 
arboreal  flora  of  Monterey  is  specially  attractive.  Notably  so  the  Mon- 
terey pine  and  the  famous  cypress,  of  which  a most  remarkable  growth 

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may  be  found  at  Cypress  Point.  Hardly  less  wonderful  are  the  live 
oaks — modest  monarchs  that  had  reached  a ripe  maturity  before  Colum- 
bus sailed  from  Palos — their  low-lying  branches,  each  larger  than  the 
bole  of  an  ordinary  tree,  extend  outward  for  scores  of  feet,  now  and  again 
dropping  some  sturdy  arm  to  earth  support,  like  the  banyan  of  Asia,  except 
that  the  arm  throws  down  no  roots. 


SMELT.  POMPANO.  TOM  COD. 

Osmerus  Eperlanus . T rachyn otus^Ca rolin u s . Morrkua  Friiinosa. 


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SEA  BASS. 

Centropnstris  atranns. 


SANTA  CRUZ. 

Santa  Cruz  is  only  eighty  miles  by  Southern  Pacific  Company’s  rail 
from  San  Francisco,  and  for  many  reasons  has  at  all  times  been  a place  of 
popular  resort  from  the  metropolis.  Sportsmen  are  especially  welcome  and 
are  made  to  feel  that  they  are  so.  It  offers  great  variety  of  scenery  of 
valley  and  mountain,  woodland  and  plain,  ocean  beach  and  running 
brooks,  and  can  easily  induce  a second  visit  by  huntsman  or  angler. 
The  bay  fishing  at  Santa  Cruz  is  almost  identical  with  that  at  Monterey, 
and  the  troller  can  calculate  with  certainty  on  all  the  salmon  and  other 
ocean  and  estuary  fish  he  may  desire.  Exceptional  catches  of  salmon 
are  sometimes  made  reaching  twenty-five  or  thirty  of  an  aggregate  weight 
of  350  pounds  to  a single  day  of  rod  and  line,  but  the  sportsman  can  be  cer- 
tain at  all  times  of  reasonable  success.  Fine  trout  streams  in  the  moun- 


sea  pike. 

Esox  marinus. 


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SANTA  CRUZ  MOUNTAINS. 

[ 49  ] 


Tibbetts  Photo. 


tains  are  within  easy  reach.  A specially  excellent  resort  reached  by  Southern 
Pacific  Company’s  trains  to  Boulder  Creek,  and  thence  by  trails  ten  miles 
to  Big  Basin  ; and  also  in  Boulder  Creek  and  Los  Gatos  Creek ; stops  for 
these  can  be  made  at  Los  Gatos  or  Wrights  or  other  convenient  sta- 
tions. Water-fowl  and  marsh-land  birds,  quail,  pigeons,  doves,  larks 
and  squirrels  are  plentiful.  Deer  may  be  found  in  favorable  places.  At 
Big  Tree  station,  by  rail  six  miles  from  Santa  Cruz,  is  a remarkable  grove 
of  redwoods.  These  are  carefully  preserved  and  have  historic  interest. 
The  valleys  and  lower  hills  are  agreeably  clothed  in  oaks,  pines,  laurel, 
madrona  and  buckeye,  and  the  mountains  and  their  ravines  and  canyons 
with  a dense  growth  of  noble  redwoods  madronas  and  laurels. 


salmon. 

Scilmo  quinnat. 


SHASTA  COUNTY. 

UPPER  SACRAMENTO,  PITT,  AND  McCLOUD  RIVERS  AND  CATHEDRAL 
AND  OTHER  LAKES. 

So  far  as  the  general  world  of  sportsmen  in  its  higher  walks 
is  concerned,  no  introduction  to  regal  Mount  Shasta  and  its  kingdom 
is  needed ; but  for  benefit  of  new  arrivals  in  this  Pacific  sporting  field, 
it  may  be  said  that  this  incomparable  region  is  traversed  for  ioo  miles  by 
the  Shasta  route  of  Southern  Pacific  Company,  beginning  at  Redding, 
260  miles  from  San  Francisco,  and  extending  thence  northward  to  Edge- 
wood  and  beyond.  On  this  line,  Sims  is  about  midway,  and  is  a point 

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much  used  for  divergence  by  trail  to  choice  sporting  lands  and  waters 
on  the  Sacramento  and  its  affluents. 

Castle  Crag  is  also  a popular  stopping  place,  due  largely  to  the 
fine  accommodations  and  cultivated  society  of  Castle  Crag  Tavern, 
the  pleasure  of  these  being  made  to  supplement  and  fully  round  up 
those  of  field  and  stream. 

Sisson,  twenty-one  miles  farther  north,  rests  on  one  of  the  buttresses 
of  Mount  Shasta  and  a favorite  point  of  departure  for  its  ascent.  Here 


BLACK  BEAR.  Tibbets  Photo. 

Ursus  americanus. 

and  everywhere  for  more  than  one  hundred  encircling  miles  the  scenery 
is  sublime  in  the  highest  degree.  A dense  growth  of  towering  conifers 
forms  a verdant  setting  for  Mount  Shasta  and  its  glacial  snows.  Ice-cold 
translucent  lakes  and  streams  of  hurrying  waters  are  to  be  met  in  lavish 
profusion,  all — all  teeming  with  every  variety  of  gamy  salmon  and 
trout;  the  Rainbow,  Cut-throat,  McCloud  River  [ Salmo  gairdneri  shasta], 

[ 5i  ] 


No-Shee  [Salmo  irideus  stonei],  Dolly  Varden,  Eastern  Brook,  Loch  Leven 
[ Salmo  trutta  levensis ] and  Steel-head  [ Salmo  gairdneri] . This  regal  list 
is  by  no  means  drawn  from  a romancing  imagination,  but  invoices 
the  contents  of  creels  and  names  the  fish  in  waiting  for  the  angler’s 
skill.  While  reasonable  sport  may  be  had  in  waters  flowing  near 
the  railway  and  its  stations,  more  satisfactory  results  follow  in  the 


MCCLOUD  RIVER. 

footsteps  of  a camping  trip,  with  pack  and  riding  animals  and  com- 
petent guide.  In  this  nomadic  way  most  bountiful  lakes  can  be  visited, 
and  shady  streams  where  the  fish  will  compete  for  the  lures  you  may  offer. 
The  cost  of  such  a trip  for  each  participant  will  be  from  ten  dollars  to 
twenty  dollars  per  week,  to  be  paid  by  you  to  the  guide,  who  will 
furnish  transportation  facilities  and  all  needful  supplies  and  will  act  as 
cook  and  keeper  of  the  camp. 


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Royal  sport  with  the  gun  can  be  fitly  sandwiched  with  that  of  rod 
and  line.  Bear  are  frequently  seen,  still  more  so  deer,  grouse,  pigeons, 
quail,  ducks  and  squirrels.  It  was  forbidden  to  muzzle  the  corn- 
treading  ox.  The  sportsman  should  feast  on  the  captives  of  his  skill. 
At  close  of  day  quail  on  toast  to  follow  Rainbow  trout,  and  in  turn  to  be 
followed  by  fragrant  Mocha,  and  the  captivating  Cuban  leaf  might 
tempt  Lucullusto  leave  his  stale  banquet. 


YElylyOW-TAIIy.  Waite  Photo- 

Senola  gigas. 

(282  lbs. — the  catch  of  one  day  with  rod  and  reel.) 


SANTA  MONICA  AND  PORT  LOS  ANGELES. 

Good  fishing  sport  in  surf  and  by  trolling  has  never  been  wanting  at 
Santa  Monica,  and  being  only  seventeen  miles  by  rail  of  Southern  Pacific 
Company  from  Los  Angeles,  the  southern  metropolis,  with  frequent 
trains,  has  heretofore  been  much  resorted  to.  Pampino  and  other 

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YELLOW  TAIL. 

Seriola  gigas. 


PERCH  OR  SALMON  GROUPER.  Waite  Photo 

S err  anus. 


ROCK  COD. 

Morrhua . 


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valuable  fish  were  caught  near  shore,  and  the  troller  could  secure  all  the 
varieties  of  deep-water  fish  obtainable  elsewhere  in  southern  waters. 
Now,  however,  a new  and  greatly  prized  attraction  is  gained  by  the  con- 
struction of  Port  Los  Angeles  wharf,  extending  beyond  the  surf  line  to 
deep  water,  placing  the  angler  in  the  midst  of  his  game.  With  rod 
or  with  hand-line  most  satisfactory  sport  can  be  enjoyed  from  the 
outer  end  of  the  wharf,  4700  feet  from  shore.  Fish  can  be  caught  at  all 
seasons,  but  are  most  abundant  in  warm  weather.  The  use  of  rod,  reel 
and  line  is  much  more  popular  than  the  hand-line  ; but  for  very  large 
fish,  weighing  ten  to  forty  pounds,  with  all  except  the  skilled  the 
hand-line  becomes  a necessity.  The  varieties  caught  from  the  wharf 


smelt. 

Osmerus  eperla?ius. 


Waite  Photo. 


include  smelt,  rock-bass,  rock-cod,  flounders,  halibut,  tom-cod,  mackerel, 
yellow-fin  and  yellow-tail,  sea  trout,  sea-bass,  perch,  pampino  and 
sculpin,  and  by  trolling  from  boat,  bonita,  barracuda,  rock-bass,  sea- 
bass  and  yellow  tail.  About  six  miles  northward  by  the  Coast  line  a fine 
canyon  may  be  found,  with  good  .trout  streams  for  the  angler,  and  deer, 
quail,  doves,  larks  and  ducks  in  great  abundance  for  the  gun. 

Hotel  Arcadia  offers  pleasant  headquarters  to  the  sportsman  and  his 
family  who  may  suitably  witness  and  partake  of  his  enjoyments. 


SANTA  CATALINA  ISLAND. 

This  marvelous  sea-fishing  resort  is  reached  from  Los  Angeles  by 
Southern  Pacific  Company’s  San  Pedro  line  of  twenty-two  miles,  and 
thence  by  steamboat  about  the  same  distance  to  Avalon,  on  Santa  Cata- 
lina Island.  Experts  have  reported  that  these  waters  are  unrivaled  for 
sea-fish  sporting.  The  island  seems  to  have  been  a fashionable  resort 

[ 55  ] 


JEW  FISH  OF  SANTA  CATALINA.  Waite  Photo. 


[ 56  ] 


for  fish  long  ages  before  it  became  such  for  the  nobler  race  that  sports 
with  them.  The  waters,  some  of  them,  are  always  land-locked  and 
quiet.  Sitting  in  your  boat  on  their  unruffled  surface,  the  bottom  that 
lies  thirty  to  sixty  feet  below  you  appears  to  be  within  easy  read:  of 
your  arm.  Fish  of  all  colors,  sizes,  and  degrees  of  table  excellence  may 
be  seen  awaiting  your  skill.  The  favorite  method  is  by  trolling,  and 
you  will  catch  specimens  of  all  Pacific  Coast  varieties  except  the  salmon, 
which,  having  a decided  preference  for  glacial  seas,  stops  short  in  its 
migrations  whenever  the  temperature  shows  a notable  rise.  It  is  by 


KEYING  FISH — SANTA  CATALINA  ISLAND,  Waite  Photo, 
Exocetus  calopterus. 

no  means  an  uncommon  achievement  to  hook  and  land  a fish  whose 
weight  exceeds  that  of  the  captor.  Not  infrequently  a day’s  catch  of 
yellowtail  and  other  desirable  fish  will  aggregate  a weight  of  250  pounds 
— sometimes  rising  to  those  figures  twice  told. 

A visit  to  Santa  Catalina  Island  will  give  a new  experience  to  the 
veteran  angler  no  less  than  to  the  novice.  For  the  gun  wild  goats, 
quail  and  other  birds  can  be  had. 


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WIIyD  GOAT — SANTA  CATALINA  ISLAND.  Waite  Photo. 

Capra. 


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OBLIGATIONS  ACKNOWLEDGED. 


In  the  preparation  of  this  paper  much  valuable  assistance  has  been 
received  from  artists,  and  there  has  been  a purpose  to  make  a permanent 
record  of  it  in  each  case  ; but  thanks  in  such  form  cannot  be  given  to 
others  who  have  taken  a lively  interest  in  the  work,  and  without  whose 
help  it  could  have  attained  no  measure  of  excellence.  Of  these  should 
be  named  The  Honorable  Board  of  Fish  Commissioners  of  the  State  of  California , 
whose  admirable  files  of  press  articles,  covering  all  the  game  resorts  or 
the  State,  were  freely  opened  to  inspection,  and  as  well  its  cases  of 
mounted  specimens. 

To  "Professor  "David  Starr  Jordan , acting  as  President  of  the  Academy  of 
Science,  unstinted  praise  is  due  for  freely  opening  its  valuable  ava  fauna 
cases  to  facilitate  the  art  work  of  the  paper. 

To  Mr.  J.  R.  Chace,  the  well-known  publican  and  sportsman  of  Santa 
Cruz,  the  publishers  and  readers  are  indebted  for  the  fine  illustration  of 
salmon.  Upon  a telegraphic  suggestion  to  him  that  a sample  was  wanted 
for  the  camera  he  at  once  went  out  upon  the  bay  and  thereafter  ex. 
pressed  to  San  Francisco  the  choicest  specimen  of  a catch  that  exceeded 
half  a score.  Anglers  desiring  royal  sport  should  make  his  acquaintance. 

To  TMr.  H . E.  Skinner  of  416  Market  Street,  San  Francisco,  thanks  are 
due  for  valuable  specimens  and  still  more  valuable  facts,  given  by  him 
for  benefit  of  brother  sportsmen. 

To  Mr.J.B.  Inguglia , Manager  of  American  Union  Fish  Company, 
for  his  intelligent  zeal  in  search  of  specimens  of  rare  marine  forms  of  fish. 

To  H.  Liebes  & Co.  of  San  Francisco,  for  noble  specimens  of  fur-bear 
ing  carnivora. 


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GAME  AND  FISH  LAWS  OF  CALIFORNIA. 


Sportsmen  will  do  well  to  make  a note  of  the  following  quotations 
from  the  Statutes  of  California,  placing  certain  limitations  on  their  right 
to  kill  or  to  have  in  possession  as  follows : 


Valley  Quaill 
Bob  White 

Partridge  j May  be  killed,  beginning  October  15th  and  closing 
Robin  \ February  15th  of  the  following  year. 

Wild  Duck 
Rail  j 

Mountain  Quail  ( May  be  killed,  beginning  August  15th  and  closing 
Grouse  j February  15th  following. 

Doves  l^ay  killed,  beginning  July  1st  and  closing  February  15th, 
j next  following. 


SALES  of  any  of  the  above  allowed  only  from  November  15th  to 
January  15th  next  following. 

Male  Deer  may  be  killed,  beginning  July  15th  and  closing  October  15th. 


Female  Deer 
Spotted  fawn 
Antelope 
Elk 


g 


Killing  prohibited  at  all  times. 


Mountain  Sheep 
Humming  Birds 
and  all  Song  Birds^ 


Mongolian  Pheasants ^>^8  uniawfu!  for  three  years  from  March  27th 


Trout 


Must  not  be  taken  except  with  hook  and  line,  and  from  April  ist 
to  November  ist  of  the  same  year. 


Steel-head  Trout 


May  be  taken  in  tide  water,  with  rod  and  line  at  all 
times. 


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Striped  Bass 


Must  not  be  taken  of  a weight  less  than  3 pounds,  nor 
with  nets  of  less  than  7^  inch  mesh. 


Salmon  \ Must  not  be  taken  by  seines  in  public  waters  between  sunrise 

Shad  > of  each  Saturday  and  sunset  of  the  following  Sunday  ; 

Striped  Bass  j nor  must  such  seine  have  meshes  smaller  than  7^  inches. 

~ ) Must  not  be  taken  between  the  thirty-first  day  of  August  and 

a mon  j-  first  day  0f  the  following  November. 

(May  be  taken,  beginning  September  1st  and  ending  March  31st 
of  the  following  year;  but  must  not  at  any  time  be  taken 
of  a size  less  than  three  feet  in  length. 

Lobster  (May  be  taken,  beginning  July  15th  and  ending  May  15th  of 
Crawfish  j following  year. 

Shotguns  of  larger  caliber  than  10-gauge  are  prohibited  to  be  used  or 
in  possession  in  any  field  or  marsh. 

Sportsmen  should  understand  that  the  above  laws  extend  to  all  parts 
of  the  State,  but  that  the  privileges  granted  may  be  narrowed  by  action 
of  counties  within  the  limits  of  such — may  be  narrowed,  but  not 
broadened,  it  will  be  prudent  to  examine  the  local  laws  touching  any 
resort  to  be  visited. 


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STOCKTON,  CAR. 

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G.  W.  Fletcher 


General  Agent 


